City of Winter Springs Budget – 2012
Winter Springs Mayor Charles Lacey explains how a new cost-effective approach to city finances has made it possible for the city to maintain the level of services even when revenues have declined by 28%. He describes the ways the city has managed to hold the line on costs through economies not utilized by previous administrations. Feature length – 19:20
(Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner)
City of Sanford Budget – 2012
Sanford, Florida is Seminole County’s largest and oldest city. The severe decline in property tax revenue and federal and state funding has created a serious budget challenge. Interim city manager Tom George describes how the city is working to maintain services with fewer resources. Feature length – 18:20
(Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner)
City of Oviedo Budget – 2012
Late summer is the time each year for most cities to prepare and propose their annual revenue and expense budgets for elected representatives and taxpayers to review and, eventually approve. The summer of 2011 is no different for Bob Bentkofsky, assistant city manager and budget director for the City of Oviedo, Florida. He leads you and me through the proposed budget. It’s proposed to be approved by city council in late September, with the council’s first hearing set for Thursday, September 8 at 6:30pm at city hall. Feature length – 26:10
(Produced, reported and edited by Stephen McKenney Steck)
Homelessness: A Community Conversation (#4)
Service providers to the homeless gathered for the 4th “community conversation” to continue to develop a strategy to more effectively address the issue of homelessness in Seminole County Florida. CMF Public Media has been chronicling this “conversation” in a multipart series on homeless issues in the county and this podcast features excerpts from that meeting. Feature length – 45:40
(Produced, reported and edited by Stephen McKenney Steck)
Homelessness: A Community Conversation (#3)
This 30-minute podcast is a condensation of 2-hours of discussions and small group breakouts on the third in a series of “conversations” on the subject of more effectively addressing the homeless issue in Seminole County, Florida. You’ll hear the voices of more than 30 providers of services to the homeless in the county. They confront issues and consider solutions put forward by facilitators Michele Saunders, director of the county’s department of community services and Dr. Thomas Bryer, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida.
Length – 36:34
Produced, reported and edited by Stephen McKenney Steck
Altman: Capitol Wrap-up
State Senator Thad Altman (R-District #24) evaluates the 2011 session of the Florida Legislature. He discusses the budget cuts, job creation, his opposition to actions by Gov. Rick Scott and the upcoming redistricting of Legislative and Congressional seats. Altman also discusses his efforts on behalf of military families to make Florida the “most military friendly state in the nation”
Feature length 20:11
Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner
Twin Cities – Economic Development
Hear remarks on the subject of economic development initiatives in the twin cities of Oviedo and Winter Springs, Florida, featured at the Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce members’ luncheon. Speakers at this event are Winter Springs mayor Charles Lacey… John Bush former Winter Springs mayor and now chairman of the twin cities’ business advocacy group… Oviedo mayor Dominic Persampiere… and John M. Jones, senior economic development planner with Land Design Innovations, Incorporated. Feature length – 53:31
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SEMATECH: A Postmortem
This podcast might have described a major economic gain for the city of Winter Springs, Florida …instead this podcast is a postmortem for a regional high-tech research project’s demise. Known locally as the SEMATECH project, a much anticipated multi-million dollar grant from the United States Department of Energy went elsewhere… together with the hopes of many in the city of Winter Springs, Florida and Seminole County. feature length – 21:55
Mass Transit in Central Florida
On this Heard in Central Florida, you’ll hear remarks offered by two leaders of regional planning and transportation agencies. They are MetroPlan executive director, Harold W. Barley, and Lynx chief executive officer, John M. Lewis, Jr. Each discuss the role mass transit will play over the next 5-years in Seminole County and Central Florida.
Feature Length — 59:46
Health Care Reform
On this Heard in Central Florida you’ll hear remarks offered by Dr. Aaron Liberman on the subject of Health Care Reform.
Dr. Liberman is Professor of Health Services Administration at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. A more detailed resume of his career and credentials may be found on our website.
Feature Length — 58:58
Photos courtesy – GK Sharman and CMF Public Media
